A couple of months ago, I had a customer purchase my Damask Rose Table that had the beautiful ball and claw feet... anyone remember? Here's a picture {you can click on the picture to take you to that blog if you are interested in reading about it.} Anyway, Ms. T (my customer) was moving into a new home and found two really cute tables that she wanted to have in the same room, so she wanted them to "match". When I dropped off the Damask Rose Table, we talked about the two "n

I recently finished a piece of artwork of a Hand Stained Vintage Chair and wanted to do a companion! The first wall hanging was on the larger size and wanted to do something a little smaller. I had an extra wood panel that I painted in Wise Owl Paints. I first used Limestone for the base and then used Peppercorn to hand paint the damask pattern. For the next layer, I used Wise Owl Smokey Quartz to give the damask a washed out look. I used techniques of cross-hatching and dr

As most of you who follow me know, I do stained artwork on furniture. I'm often asked why I don't do wall hangings. Well, the fact is.. I DO do artwork on other pieces as well. It just seems I don't often have the time to squeeze it in. But I have been obsessing over doing a distressed type of art featuring a vintage piece of furniture. So, while I was waiting for the stain to dry on some of my furniture pieces, I decided to get to it! I had this composite-type board t

Before christmas, I had a customer purchase my Sunflower Table He decided he wanted a pair of red lily tables. I had one table the size and style that he needed so I got the first Red Lily table done for him. I then had to try to find a match for the second one he wanted. This should have been an easy task, but I couldn't find one exactly to match for quite some time. Finally, I found this one, that was close but a little on the lighter side. I stripped the top down and c